Lisa Young

Lisa serves as the Deputy Athletics Director within Sun Devil Athletics at Arizona State University. In her position, Lisa is responsible for the overall direction and supervision of the external units within the Athletics Department, emphasizing strategy, execution, and revenue generation, including corporate partnerships, and ticket sales & service. Young also liaises with outside business partners and ASU units, including brand/marketing, legal counsel, and contracted service providers. In addition, Lisa has direct supervisory responsibility for select business units within the department including revenue generation units, finance, and human resources. Lisa is responsible for the fiscal oversight of the department, the organization's strategic vision for financial operations, and the implementation of short- and long-range business planning in concert with the department's strategic plan. Under Lisa’s leadership the commercial team has secured both a local television content and distribution agreement with Phoenix’s local Fox 10, hosting two unique ASU content driven shows, as well as an incremental multi-year seven figure alliance with a key corporate partner, headquartered in Tempe, AZ. 

Prior to her current role, Lisa served as ASU’s Vice President of Enterprise Development, working with ASU's senior leadership team to advance corporate, public/private sector partnerships. Lisa joined ASU in 2018 as the Executive Director for Starbucks Initiatives, leading partnership efforts between ASU and Starbucks. The partnership’s flagship program, the Starbucks College Achievement Plan (SCAP), grew from 10,000 participants to over 23,000 during Lisa’s leadership of the program, with total ASU graduates of the program from 1,000 to over 10,000. Additionally, ASU and Starbucks launched new initiatives including access to over 100 short form courses for Starbucks partners (employees), powered by ASU, to a Sustainability Innovation and Learning Lab, located in Costa Rica. 

Prior to joining ASU, Lisa served in various strategic leadership positions with multi-national firms such as Republic Services, Henkel Consumer Goods, and Honeywell International. Lisa holds a BS in Supply Chain Management from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, and Masters in Business Management from The Eller School of Business at The University of Arizona. 

Lisa is an avid runner, having completed over 20 half and full marathons; most recently the New York City Marathon in November 2024. Philanthropically, Lisa is a member of ASU’s Women and Philanthropy and supports the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF). In her most valuable role, she is a mom to daughter Avery, and their two family dogs, Millie and Cocoa.